Improvement in collars and cuffs



T. N. PAGE. Collar and Cuff.

No. 220,941. Patented Oct. 28, I879.

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T. NICHOLS PAGE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN COLLARS AND CUFFS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 220,941 dated October 28, 1879 application filed February 14, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, T. NICHOLS PAGE, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Collars and Cuffs, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to collars and cutfs, in the manufacture of which paste or other adhesive substance may be used, being made of paper, either cloth-covered or otherwise, or of other suitable material; and it consists in pasting, or ,fixing by any suitable adhesive substance,a narrow strip or strips of cloth or paper, or other suitable material,over the edge or edges of a collar or cuff exposed in wearing, and making impressions or marks along either upon or near the strip or strips, so that the said edge or edges will have a smooth and finishedappearance similar to that of collars or cuffs made of cloth and sewed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a standing collar; Fig. 2, a turned-down collar; Fig. 3, one end of a cuff having pointed ends Fig. 4, one end ofa cuff having rounded ends, all embodying my invention. Fig. 5 is a section taken on line 1 1 in Fig. 4.

In a collar or cuff formed and cut from paper or other material the edges have a rough and unfinished appearance; and, moreover, it is desirable to give the edges exposed while being worn the appearance of the sewed collars or cuffs, which have a raised portion along the edges, caused by the hem or part turned in or under. I give a smooth edge and the appearance of being hemmed or turned in or under by pasting, or fixing by suitable adhesive substance, a strip of cloth or other material-preferably of that material similar tothat forming the outside of the collar or cuff--along the edge. This strip is folded over the edge so as to lap 011 each surface of the collar or end the required distance, and on being pressed and fastened firmly and smoothly to the surfaces gives the appearance as in sewed collars. The likeness'to sewed collars or cuffs is further enhanced by impressions made along the edges of the strip to imitate stitches.

On the edges marked a in the drawings are shown the strips in position on the collars and cuffs. At 11 is the strip before it is fastened on the collar or cuff, and is shown how it is folded over the edge. The section Fig. 5 further shows how the strip is folded over the edge. Where the strips meet at the corners one may be fastened over the other, or they may be mitercd together, as shown. As shown in Fig. 4 the strip may be folded over and fastened on a curved edge.

I claim as my invention- A collar or cuff having a strip or strips folded over the edges exposed in wearing, said strip or strips being pasted or fixed to the collaror cuff by any adhesive substance, and having impressionsor marks at or near the edges of the strip or strips, all in a manner to give the appearance of a sewed collar or cuff, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

. T. NICHOLS PAGE.

Witnesses:

Enw. DUMMER, H. E. BATHRICK. 

